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drive heavy lorries. Do you know if there are such things as lorry-driving schools, or if some of the haulage companies are prepared to teach newcomers? How do most lorry drivers acquire the technique?

AThe British School of Motoring com

mercial division, runs four courses in heavy goods vehicle driving. The course which seems the most appropriate lasts three days, commencing on a Monday, and is held in London. This course is intended for the car driver who wants to become an h.g.v. driver and will take you to the h.g.v. licence test standard up to 7 tons rigid. The cost is £56 15s without accommodation. Further details or application form from Mr. John Miles, BSM, Commercial Division, 20 Avonmore Road, London, W14.

Another school, established over 30 years, is the Basford School of Transport Driving, Nottingham (phone: 0602 271151). Its charge is £1 8s 6d an hour, although you would have to discuss terms if you wanted to take a crash course of three or four days.

For obvious reasons, professional hauliers would not be very keen to give instruction on their vehicles unless you intended to start permanent employment with them. Even so, many road hauliers are now beginning to make use of the Road Transport Industry Training Board's resident school near Shrewsbury (Multi Occupational Training and Education Centre—MOTEC).